The Effects of Dyadic Parent-child Self-compassion Program on Children' Psychological Well-being: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

Not Applicable

Not yet recruiting

• Conditions: Psychological Well-Being
• Interventions: Behavioral: Self-compassion

• Registration Number: NCT06255405
• Lead Sponsor: Hong Kong Metropolitan University

Brief Summary

Suboptimal psychological well-being in children can have substantial negative effects on their physical health, academic performance, and lifelong health. Preliminary evidence supports that self-compassion have positive impacts on psychological well-being in elderly, adults, and adolescents, but there is apparently lack of this kind of evidence in children. Involvement of parents in the program potentially optimize the effects, this study thus designs a dyadic parent-child self-compassion program (DPC-SC) and aim to examine its effects on children's psychological well-being.

Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2024-02
• Study First Submitted: 2024-02-04
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-02-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-02-04
• Study First Posted: 2024-02-13
• Last Update Posted: 2024-02-13
• Study Start: 2024-03
• Primary Completion: 2024-09
• Study Completion: 2024-09

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 30

Inclusion Criteria

(Child)

• Study in Primary three or four.
• Can communicate in Cantonese.

Exclusion Criteria

(Child)

• Have emotional dysregulation
• Have past history of mental illness
• Recently experience trauma
• Are in an acute health crisis

Inclusion Criteria: (Parents)

• Is the primary caretaker of the children
• Is willing to interact and do the practices with their children
• Can communicate in Cantonese
• Commit to attend all sessions

Exclusion Criteria: (Parents)

• Have emotional dysregulation
• Have past history of mental illness
• Recently experience trauma
• Are in an acute health crisis

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Experimental: Intervention group	Self-compassion	Dyadic parent-child self-compassion program will be provided.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Psychological well-being (child)	Baseline, immediately after intervention	Chinese version of the Psychological Well-Being Scale (C-PWBS)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Self-compassion levels (parents)	Baseline, immediately after intervention	Chinese version of the self-compassion scale (SCS)
Self-compassion levels (Child)	Baseline, immediately after intervention	Chinese version of the Self-Compassion Scale for Youth (SCS-Y)
Perceived stress levels (Child)	Baseline, immediately after intervention	Chinese version of the 10-item Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10)